B.C. government is offering millions of dollars to help companies and workers dealing with the impact of restrictions on old-growth logging.
Another $90 million was poured into the forest industry by the NDP government on Wednesday to assist companies and workers dealing with the impact of intensifying restrictions on old-growth forests.
Among the new measures was a cabinet order signed this week that downgrades the importance of recognizing timber supply as a factor in forest planning. That consideration is removed from several key sections of a forest planning regulation. Forests Minister Bruce Ralston said it was outdated wording. Removing it lets decision makers consider other objectives such as water quality and wildlife.
The full scope of the old-growth action plan, first announced 14 months ago, will be clearer by the end of 2023, when the plan will be complete. The old-growth strategy launched in November 2021 when 2.6 million hectares of varying categories were deferred from cutting plans. At the time, 1.4 million hectares was already protected.
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